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BWI area Sailors gr8 2 av8 at 11:08pm 10.19.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1214 Hi I will be on a layover Saturday Oct 22 in the BWI area and would like to get out sailing. Would
Wheel Brake Ed6925 at 10:21pm 10.19.05 Mid-Size Boats 4/1166 Lately my Edson wheel brake does not seem to be engaging. Anyone have an idea of how this can be a
Roller furler for Hunter 33 (1978) okiman at 9:32pm 10.19.05 Mid-Size Boats 1/1456 I think the jib roller furler on my Hunter 33(1978) has an original continuous line furler. I am co
Peggie Question charles at 9:09pm 10.19.05 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 10/1944 Peggie- I have your book and I've read a lot but don't think I have ever seen this particular issu
Folding prop Dennis at 7:52pm 10.19.05 Trailer Sailors 1/1357 Has anyone tried one of those folding props on their outboard? I was wondering if this idea has any
Wheel steering autopilot Curlew at 7:01pm 10.19.05 Hallberg-Rassy 1/2089 I wish to add an autopilot to my wheel-steering HR94 and favour the Raymarine ST4000 Mk II. However,
Going to Florida :) Claude L.-Auger at 3:27pm 10.19.05 Other Sailboats 0/730 Boat on the hard since last Friday. Another great season with 1330nm of sailing. Winterizing of all
26S Centre Board Mike8187 at 2:31pm 10.19.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1069 Has any one else suffered problems with their centreboard swinging aft because of the flow of water
CDI roller furler Denise at 12:52pm 10.19.05 Smaller Boats 4/820 If anyone has installed one. I'd like to know the job went. The chandlery is selling them for a gre
H146 turtles too, enquiring minds wanted to know! Tereza at 12:47pm 10.19.05 Day Sailers 6/1630 Sorry to admit, I have finally put to rest the age-old question - is the 146 less prone to turtling
Islander 32 engine conversion Steve Cartwright at 12:16pm 10.19.05 Islander 4/3609 I'm delighted to be sailing my uncle's 1964 Islander 32, but the original Atomic 4 gas engine is a d
1st time Charter Tony Litvak at 12:16pm 10.19.05 Ask All Sailors 7/1208 Mates,I've been nominated by my family to get details on a bareboat charter in the Caribbean. W
Redoing counter and cabinets David ONeill at 12:14pm 10.19.05 Ask An Oday Owner 18/2429 I was thinking about replacing the counter in the Oday 22 I just bought. The boat was in so so shap
Lake Lanier, GA Benny at 12:14pm 10.19.05 Ask All Sailors 10/1879 We have a couple of boats ranging from an H-320 to a San Juan 21. One of our favorites is a Starwin
mast raising J. Barrett at 12:08pm 10.19.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1164 I know that the topic of mast raising kits brings comments from both sides. As I have a blown knee f
New England Sailers... What to do? Eric at 12:05pm 10.19.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/839 So what are people planning to do? The CT River is still flooded and strong currents and debris are
christmas lights Tony Thomas at 11:21am 10.19.05 Ask All Sailors 3/990 I want to put some Christmas lights on my boat. Has anyone used LED? Where can I find 12 volt Christ
Source to buy a gudgeons Rich L at 11:04am 10.19.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/803 The 2 identical black plastic parts to which the the clevis pins of the rudder attach on a Hunter 26
looking for good diesel resource Ron at 10:39am 10.19.05 Ask All Sailors 6/998 After 2 months with the new C-30 its time to haul for the winter. looking for a good resource book
Hunter Construction Larry Long at 9:59am 10.19.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/830 Check out page 56 of the November 2005 issue of SAIL Magazine. There is a 4-page spread on Hunter c

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Sailboat Deck Paint shank at 5:55pm 05.23.21 Looks great. Nice work. I want to paint the deck on my Catalina 27 as well with Totalboat TotalTre
Electrical Wiring inside Steering Pedestal - any good design ideas? Swedegeek at 5:45pm 05.23.21 Yeah, I guess I could... But that would violate one of my basic rules about boats: no exterior teak
Insurance quadrille38 at 5:24pm 05.23.21
Looking for a source for this part: BOSSailor at 5:24pm 05.23.21 Try Grainger also!
ST50+ might not be working Team118 at 5:07pm 05.23.21 I noticed the termination plug in the one diagram, yet in the other that uses two ITC-5's the termin
US Coast Guard Documentation turnaround time Scott T-Bird at 5:00pm 05.23.21 I wasn't particularly diligent in my effort. We obtained the boat in June, last summer and I didn't
Hunter 260 "Wide Load" Permit requirement Crazy Dave Condon at 4:40pm 05.23.21
Hunter 410 Air Con Seawater flow Don Lucas at 4:36pm 05.23.21 I flush it with dock hose regularly. Apparently things settle in the aft as i have fought it before.
Have you checked your Standing Rigging for this season? Roadking Larry at 4:33pm 05.23.21 @Roadking Larry, what's going on with your knee? Hope the information I sent you helped. I had my 2
Looking for a source for this part: heritage at 4:32pm 05.23.21 https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Barrel+%26+Binding+Nuts+stainless+steel&rh=n%3A16409901&ref=nb_sb_noss
1986 H34 Depth Offset Tally Ho at 4:14pm 05.23.21 :waycool::waycool:en sailing for about 10 years (on 2 different boats)...I am blessed to be on Lake
Gulfstar 47, Sailmaster, Morgan 462, Irwin 43 justsomeguy at 4:07pm 05.23.21
best way to clean a water tank? Tally Ho at 4:02pm 05.23.21 I used one of these inspection ports... https://www.fisheriessupply.com/beckson-screw-out-deck-plat
Electrical Wiring inside Steering Pedestal - any good design ideas? Mike Oldak at 4:02pm 05.23.21 Of course you can always build a nice teak casing around the existing pedestal and then not have to
Gulfstar 47, Sailmaster, Morgan 462, Irwin 43 jmce1587 at 3:59pm 05.23.21 Morgan 44 CC in Corpus Christi https://littleyachtsales.com/boat/1989-morgan-44-center-cockpit
Electrical Wiring inside Steering Pedestal - any good design ideas? Mike Oldak at 3:59pm 05.23.21 Sorry, I meant to say pedestal tubing. I replaced the loop with one that coukd hold a Navipod. But a
LED Anchor Light RF Interference All U Get at 3:36pm 05.23.21 Meriachee, even the Coast Guard has advised that LED light do emit EMI/RFI. So until a complete dia
Deck shower isolator? (1) sail sfbay at 3:26pm 05.23.21 .............for the life of me get the deck shower at the stern working. I suspect there is an isol
best way to clean a water tank? fred1diver at 3:22pm 05.23.21 what did you use as an inspection port?
best way to clean a water tank? Justin_NSA at 3:21pm 05.23.21 I made a 6" inspection hole on top of my plastic tank and scrubbed the black crud off the walls.

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